I got some of the films in the mail, thanks again fellas.


Having grown up during the Reagan part of the cold war, I just had this view of USSR as a no nonsense place where the authorities used any and all means to control crime.

I didn't think it was possible for "organized crime" to exist much less thrive in The Soviet Union.

When i read about the perhaps fictional way that Puzo wrote that Mussolini dealt with the mafia(throwing anybody even SUSPECTED of being in it in prison)I envisioned the Russians using a similar approach.

I'm gonna look for a documentary about the history of the Russian mob before I watch some of these films.